California seeing no radiation level increase
March 19, 2011 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
Reuters – California air quality officials said on Friday they saw no elevated radiation levels on the U.S. West Coast from Japan’s nuclear power plant disaster.
Tea off: India’s farmers say climate changing brew
January 1, 2011 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – In this humid, lush region where an important part of the world’s breakfast is born, the evidence of climate change is — literally — a weak tea.
Transocean questions CSB’s power to probe oil spill: report
January 1, 2011 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
Reuters – Transocean Ltd has written to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), challenging the federal agency’s authority to investigate April’s deep-water drilling accident, Bloomberg said.
Trees planted for global climate campaign
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – Environmental campaigners planted trees, collected rubbish and rallied against pollution on Sunday for what organisers aimed to make the world’s biggest day of climate-change activism.
Completion date for UAE renewable energy city pushed back
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – The completion date for Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City, set to be the first in the world powered solely by renewable energy, has been pushed back until between 2020 and 2025, Masdar said on Sunday.
China and US blame each other in climate stand-off
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – The United States and China clashed on the final day of climate change talks on Saturday, accusing each other of blocking progress ahead of a major summit next month on global warming.
EDF charges Constellation pulls out of US reactor project
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AFP – French electricity generator EDF said Saturday it was shocked and disappointed that Constellation Energy has decided to pull out of a project to build a nuclear power plant in the US state of Maryland.
Climate talks marred by bickering, progress on finance
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
Reuters – China hit back on Saturday at U.S. claims it was shirking in the fight against climate change, likening the criticisms to a mythic pig preening itself.
Hungary sludge reservoir at risk of collapse
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – The cracking wall of an industrial plant reservoir appeared on the verge of collapse late Saturday, and engineers were working to blunt a possible second wave of the caustic red sludge that has already deluged several towns in western Hungary and killed seven.
China highlights climate change efforts
October 10, 2010 by John McRae · Leave a Comment
AP – As the world’s biggest greenhouse gas producer, China was widely seen as an obstacle in the Copenhagen climate summit last year. But while negotiations inched forward, Beijing poured $34.6 billion into clean energy in 2009, nearly double the U.S. investment.
